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A bit off topic but I just watched "Chalk Talk" with Tunch on Steelers.com. I encourage everybody to do the same. What is absolutely maddening, especially on the offensive side, is the play selection and packages. Tunch reviewed several plays. Ben gets SLAUGTHERED when either there is empty backfield or Moore in.

For Tomlin and BA to go down to Texas with that offensive line and call those plays against a very active defense is sheer stupidity!! I read that Mendy was begging BA to put in a fullback but Tomlin/BA said no. Inexcusable and criminal to subject your franchise QB to that pounding with a rookie RT and a backup LT! This is not rocket science.

If the defense plays like they should, they shouldn't miss him too much against all these running teams. If they play like they have the past four games then bye bye season

Hopefully Sylvester gets some actual playing time and not just a play here and there. Foote may have experience, but there's simply not much to him. Sylvester has a lot of potential, time to exploit that

How many of those empty backfields or four receivers and Moore were late in the game when the Texans knew the Steelers would be throwing.

I counted the empty sets in the first three quarters. I believe, if memory serves they ran that set four times in the first three quarters.

Of course Ben was getting killed when the Texans knew they had to throw. Now, certainly, an empty set tips that off, even early in the game, but they did hit the draw at the end of the first half out of four wides with Moore in the backfield.